Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief could fatally undermine trust in an organisation crucial to transparency of US markets

Worldview: Courtesy of our growing relative wealth, we displaced Luxembourg in 2024 in paying the most to the EU budget on a gross per capita basis

After the No Kings protests, Trump complained that, unlike a king, he had to ‘go through hell’ to get things approved. ‘No, we’re not a king,’ he said. Note the royal we

As a net contributor to the multiannual financial framework, we cannot stand on the sidelines

Worldview: Violence-ridden Haiti’s “double debt” and the borrowing to pay it, has pushed the country down a spiral of indebtedness

Worldview: Erdogan’s Turkey is sliding decisively into autocracy, with a pliant judiciary co-opted, democratic norms abandoned, and media muzzled. But the young are standing up

Worldview: When Trump or Musk talk about the murders of white farmers, they’re sending a signal in support of white nationalism

Jennifer Johnston’s relationship with her father is far from her whole story but she remained wrongly convinced she was still in his shadow

Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly

Worldview: Ayn Rand’s articulation of a brutal, amoral ‘greed-is good’ philosophy embodies the spirit of the new administration

World view: There are always winners and losers in any free trade agreement, but is this accord to be brought down at the behest of the powerful farm lobby’s limited sectoral interest?

Worldview: Meloni is not bringing Italian post-fascism back to the centre ground and moderating it, but is polishing up a dangerous anti-democratic throwback

Worldview: Attacks include sabotage, assassinations, parcel bombs, cyber attacks, electoral interference, social media disinformation campaigns and the testing of military preparedness

Worldview: Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat weaves extraordinary archive footage, personal testimonies and jazz into a compelling account of the killing of Patrice Lumumba

Worldview: Dissatisfaction with democracy and a return to recession has left Japan’s mighty Liberal Democratic Party floundering